A cappella

Butterfly is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey, released on September 10, 1997, by Columbia Records. The album continued the transition that began with her previous album, Daydream (1995), which pushed her further into the R&B and hip hop market and away from the pop background of her previous work. Throughout the project, Carey worked with Walter Afanasieff, with whom she had written and produced most of the material from her previous albums.